Having done two 10 km rounds since the 12th May, this is not a good average. I caught a cold last week however, and I am about to recover now. The last training round presented a new experience - I felt some pain at 9,5 km in the other knee? I think this due to the full concentration I usually make on running smooth with my damaged knee. Maybe I will put the knee support on the other knee just to make sure I won't forget it. My orthopedist answered me "you may as well use a string" upon my question about the function of a knee support. As I learned, it is of a mere psychological function. The knee support keeps reminding you that the particular knee needs some more attention. And it works! Anyway, I don't think that some extra warmth is of any damage either. As a mechanical support however, any extra stability will be negligible. The popularity of these kinds of support (not only knees - arms, wrists, ankles, back) does tell something about their psychological importance during physical activity. I believe that you may be able to increase the healing of your physical damages through mental focus. I know an opposite direction too - people with severe brain damages (strokes or similar) may recover faster if somebody moves their legs, arms etc. The movement of the muscles induce some kind of signals back to the brain that will help it to recover.
Today I discovered that I've been establishing some contact with the only link you'll find at the right. I tried to spur Jonathan in his training and knee pain before the Stockholm Marathon (www.stockholmmarathon.se) next week. Maybe this can attract some more readers (than close friends and colleagues) of this blog?
